Journalism

The news cycle might give me a heart-attack

Also this week: a return to “gunboat diplomacy”, and the unruly path of reason

By Lionel Barber

Hunter S Thompson’s freaks have overrun America

The pioneer of gonzo chronicled his people’s wild descent – and saw what his country has now become

By Barney Horner

Britain according to The Traitors

Also this week: rereading Agatha Christie, and the golden age of journalism

By Helen Lewis

The power of print

Britain’s weeklies have always been more than journalism – they are a battleground of ideas

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Olivia Nuzzi’s bad romance

Washington’s best journalist exposed the Maga elite. Now she has exposed herself

By Faye Curran

How do you explain tragedy to children?

From terrorist attacks to the war in Gaza, I have spent ten years reporting difficult topics for the most sensitive…

By Felicity Capon

How the Maga vibe shift came for Teen Vogue

There’s been a conservative counter-revolution inside women’s magazines

By Olive Pometsey

Piers Morgan on monarchy, Rupert Murdoch and Paul Marshall

How did the broadcaster become the most successful hack in Britain?

By Will Lloyd

Jodie Ginsberg on journalism after Gaza

The director of the Committee to Protect Journalists on Israel, censorship and how the UK needs to defend press freedom

By Samir Jeraj

Bari Weiss’s American fairy tale

Having sold The Free Press, CBS New’s new editor-in-chief may find herself in ideological jeopardy

By Lee Siegel

The Hack is missing its heart

Jack Thorne’s News of the World phone-hacking ITV drama dulls the astonishing scandal

By Pippa Bailey

Journalists in Gaza are accepting a death sentence

Anas al-Sharif is among the hundreds killed by Israel since 7 October 2023.

By Phoebe Greenwood

How Rachel’s tears landed at the Daily Male

Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.

By Alison Phillips

This week on the BBC: rows over Gaza, alleged bullying and Kneecap

Your weekly dose of news and gossip from inside the UK and international media.

By Alison Phillips

Neo-Nazi safari

How close can any journalist get to the English far right?

By Nicholas Harris

The first and last New Journalist

Gay Talese published a candid account of his infidelities in 1980. His marriage survived; his career almost didn’t.

By Harry Lambert

Steve Rosenberg: the last man in Moscow

The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.

By Kate Mossman

The BBC’s fumble leaves the stories of Gaza’s children untold

Also this week: Britain united over copyright law, and Trump’s war on the US press rages on.

By Alison Phillips

Prince Harry settles with Murdoch – but who blinked first?

Also this week: Fox News wins the White House and TikTok’s fluffy image in the UK.

By Alison Phillips

Social media was never ethical

As Donald Trump returns to office, Meta will allow more “insulting language” and remove fact-checking. Is anyone really surprised?

By Sarah Manavis